aSee Eph. 1:22, 23
bRev. 3:14
cActs 26:23; 1 Cor. 15:20; Rev. 1:5
dch. 3:14; John 18:37; 1 Tim. 6:13; [ch. 2:13; Ps. 89:37; Isa. 55:4]
eCol. 1:18; [Ps. 89:27; Acts 26:23; 1 Cor. 15:20]
fch. 17:14; 19:16; [Ps. 89:27]
gJohn 13:34; 15:9
h1 Pet. 1:18, 19

Colossians 1:18

18And ahe is the head of the body, the church. He is bthe beginning, cthe firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.

Revelation of John 1:5

5and from Jesus Christ dthe faithful witness, ethe firstborn of the dead, and fthe ruler of kings on earth.

To ghim who loves us and hhas freed us from our sins by his blood
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